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Title: JM-W002: New York expects you to do your duty
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting a group of men and women standing at the banks of the Hudson river with a war drum and banner. They are calling across the river at Westerners to urge them to join in the war.

Title: JM-041: Hearst and Brisbane of New York lead procession through mud
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting William Randolph Hearst and Arthur Brisbane leading a procession through the mud. Many of the procession members look downward. Hearst was known for having a huge newspaper chain with flamboyant coverage; Brisbane was his managing editor for "The New York Journal."

Title: JM-172: The New York "Suffs" and the "Antis"
Summary: This cartoon illustrates a parade to grant women’s suffrage in New York. Suffrage, or the right to vote, was not granted for women by the federal government until the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920. The cartoon shows the conflict between suffragists and anti-suffragists before and after the parade. Many anti-suffragists attended the parade to discredit the message of the suffragists and inform the public most women did not wish to a “the vote”. Anti-suffragists believed ,for a variety of reasons, women did not have the capacity or the desire to acquire the right to vote. The cartoon also shows the crowd’s increasing enthusiasm as the parade passes. (Summary created by Mary Delano, MU History Intern, Spring 2018)

Title: JM-027: Marriage of Brooklyn and New York
Summary: Editorial cartoon depicting the marriage between a woman representing Brooklyn and a man representing New York. Figures representing other towns and counties in New York state watch the wedding, with almost all of them appearing upset. The image probably refers to a consolidation in 1898 that merged the borough of Brooklyn with New York city and created a shared police force and fire department for the newly enlarged City of Greater New York.